| There are good books, and there are bad
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| | overnight. One of the most poignant
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| books, sometimes you even stumble upon a
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| | moments in the narrative is Paul's return
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| great book. In my world there is one more
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| | to Detroit at age 11 and being reunited
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| level, and you find it very rarely, it
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| | with his friends, "They were still little
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| transcends the 'great' designation, A
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| | kids, playing pretend games. So, as it
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| Place To Belong, belongs in that place! A
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| | turned out, I didn't want to spend time
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| book that cannot be put down, a book that
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| | with them. I think they were just as
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| commands you to keep turning the pages.
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| | baffled as I was." How many 14 year olds
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| Paul Miller maybe a newcomer to the
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| | do you know that have hitch-hiked their
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| literary world, but he is no newcomer to
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| | way across the states twice? With no
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| the harsh realities that the world can
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| | money, no real destination, Paul lives
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| serve up. A Place To Belong was 50 years
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| | day by day. Mostly it is the kindness of
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| in the making, it was a book hidden
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| | others that provide the guiding light,
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| inside the author, hidden deep, a story
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| | but not everyone has such high
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| that took an enormous amount of courage
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| | principals. Surprising acts of kindness
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| to tell. It is one thing to share the
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| | come from unlikely sources, Truckers,
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| humor of your youth, skipping school, or
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| | Motel Desk Clerks, and maybe the kindest
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| stealing a farmers apples. It is an
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| | of all, am old black man named Noah. He
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| entirely different thing to explore the
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| | offered no money, he offered no food, he
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| depravity and inhumanity of mankind,
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| | didn't even offer shelter. But what he
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| particularly when it concerns your own
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| | did offer was hope, and hope likely is
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| family. "I just want to be a kid" Paul
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| | what got Paul Miller to adulthood. Others
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| implores of his sister. Paul is now a
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| | that cross Paul's path have different
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| successful, and I hope, a mostly happy
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| | plans, plans that I care not to even
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| man, but that was not the case when we
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| | think about. I work with the homeless,
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| first meet him at age 8. His early life
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| | and I have met 'Paul' more times than I
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| was anything but easy. A father that
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| | care to recall. This is a most disturbing
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| seemed to make random decisions and a
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| | book. It bothered me so much that I broke
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| mother that seemingly loved Paul, yet
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| | my rule on reviewing, I actually read a
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| followed his fathers wishes without a
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| | couple of other reviews. 'It should be
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| murmur. A Place To Belong is probably the
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| | mandatory reading in High School' one
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| most disturbing book I have read in many
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| | said. I have to disagree, Paul Miller
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| years. For no apparent reason Paul is
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| | survived his ordeal, most kids do not.
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| dragged from his home in Detroit to
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| | They just become a statistic. A Place To
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| Boston, Florida, California, and then
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| | Belong is a gripping tale, and I applaud
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| back to Detroit. Each move though,
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| | Paul Miller for having the guts to write
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| introduces a new and frightening
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| | it. There is humor in it, but is of the
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| deterioration in family life. His father
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| | dark and mirthless type. You can get your
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| is becoming more and more irrational,
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| | copy from Amazon There is also an
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| while his mother is becoming more
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| | accompanying Web Site titled A Place to
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| introverted. Paul finds himself
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| | Belong that is worth a visit. (Originally
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| increasingly the center of his own world,
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| | published at Blogger News Network and
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| there is no-one else that he can rely on.
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| | reprinted with permission of the author,
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| The beatings, and the instability of the
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| | Simon Barrett).
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| world around him lead Paul into into a
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| | Simon Barrett is an adult educator in
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| world that no young child should have to
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| | Calgary, Alberta. With the 11 months a
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| face. Survival requires some extra
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| | year of winter, he reads a lot of books!
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| abilities, a little bit of petty theft,
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| | He is also a contributing editor for
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| and a quick mind are must haves. This is
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| | Blogger News and maintains a personal
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| a kid that is not permitted to be a kid,
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| | blog at Simon B.
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| he goes from toddler to adult almost
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